Potato:There was an Irish proverb: Be eating one potato, peeling a second, have a third in your fist and your eye on the fourth.
Spinach:
In ancient times, spinach juice was used as a cure for conjunctivitis
and defective vision; a cure for anemia, weakness and low vitality.
Carrot:
In medieval times, it was believed that carrot juice improves eye
sight; it was also used as a cure for loose teeth; bleeding gums,
anemia, scurvy and rickets.
Beet root: In dark
ages, beet juice was used for dissolving fibroid tumours in the uterus,
in the bones and in the stomach. Its juice was also used as a cure in
fevers, bronchitis, cough and cold.
Tomato:
Tomato is neither a vegetable nor a fruit but botanically it is
considered a berry. In ancient times, half-ripe tomatoes were used as a
remedy for diarrhea and dysentery. It was also called 'love-apple'.
Cabbage:
In ancient times, cabbage juice was used as a cure in gastric or
peptic ulcers. Its juice was found to be very useful in all sorts of
stomach or liver troubles. For this reason, ancient people ate only
boiled cabbage with salt.
Margosa: In dark. ages, margosa (neem) leaf juice was used as a cure for fevers, skin diseases and boils.
Holy basil (tulsi):
In ancient times, holy basil leaf juice with honey and liquorice was
used as an effective remedy in malarial fevers, bronchitis, cough and
cold.
Pumpkin: In medieval times, pumpkin seed were used as a cure for prostate gland disorders, impotency, sterility and leucoderma.
Peppermint: In dark ages, peppermint oil was used as a cure for flatulence, nausea and gastralgia.
Rhubarb (pies): In ancient times, rhubarb root juice was used as a purgative.
Apple:
In medieval times, apple juice was regarded as a cure for anemia, low
vitality, and general debility. Ancient people believed in the proverb:
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Fig (dumur): In ancient times, figs were used as an effective remedy for menorrhagia, diabetes and sore throat.
Anise:
In medieval times, the dried seeds of the anise plant were used to
relieve flatulence and were considered as a remedy for worms,
stomachache,
vertigo, giddiness and nausea. They were also used to increase the breast milk of nursing mothers.
Cherry:
In ancient times, it was believed that six cherry kernels a day
prevented the formation of kidney stones. It was also used as a cure for
appendicitis.
Cloves: In medieval times, the
dried, aromatic immature flower buds of the evergreen clove tree were
used as a breath sweetener, a comfort for the heart and stomach; a
remedy for nausea, colic, flatulence and diarrhea.
Ginger:
In ancient times, raw ginger was used as a breath sweetener; an aid to
digestion; a cure for toothache and bleeding gums, and as a
strengthening agent for loose teeth and weak eyes.
Black-pepper (kalajira):
In medieval times, the black-pepper was used as a cure for toothache.
It was also used as a preventive drug in blood dysentery, scarlet fever,
small-pox, leprosy, typhus, cholera and plague.
Garlic:
Ancient people believed that garlic was a powerful charm against evil
eye, demons, witches and vampires. In ancient Rome, the garlic was
dedicated to Mars, the god of war. Medieval people used garlic as a
cure for heart-attack, cancer and tumour. Garlic was believed to be sure
remedy for all sorts of ailments in the body. It was also regarded as
'heal-all' vegetable. Externally garlic juice was applied to insect
bites, scorpion stings, and even to dog bites. In old age, it would be
very difficult to keep the body fit and active by drugs. If one takes a
few cloves of fried garlic daily and a glass of musumbi juice the
morning, one will remain free from all sorts of diseases. Medical
experts gave us this valuable advice.
Onion: In
ancient times, onion was used as an effective cure for insomnia,
sunstroke, heat-stroke, headache, and travel sickness. Externally its
juice was applied to insect bites and scorpion stings.
The
ancient people used to eat raw onions at supper time in order to get
sound sleep. If anyone eats fried garlic at supper time, he will surely
get a very sound sleep.
Bitter-gourd (karela):
In ancient times, raw bitter gourd juice was used as an effective remedy
for diabetes, eye troubles, jaundice, skin eruptions, liver troubles
and stomach disorders.
Lady's finger (dheras, bhindi): In ancient times, raw lady's finger was used as remedy for impotency,' sexual frigidity, sterility.
Musumbi (lime):
In medieval times, musumbi was regarded as a 'miracle fruit'. They
treated this fruit as a 'heal-all' fruit. Musumbi juice was used as a
very effective and sure remedy in diarrhea, dysentery, jaundice,
diabetes,
cirrhosis of liver and all sorts liver troubles. It was
also used as a specific remedy for heart-attack and thrombosis.
Musumbi juice was also used as a sure remedy for anemia, fever,
bronchitis, general debility, small-pox, prostate gland disorders,
kidney disorders and uterine troubles. Ancient people treated this fruit
as all-purpose medicine.
Sabeda: In ancient
times, sabeda was used as a cure for anemia, general debility, low
vitality, lassitude, general weakness, headache, and travel sickness.
They believed that this fruit was a sure remedy for impotency, sexual
sterility, frigidity, etc.
Orange (narangi):
In olden days, orange juice was used as an effective remedy for fever,
bronchitis, cough and cold, low vitality, lassitude, general debility,
anemia, general weakness, impotency, sterility, kidney disorders and
prostate gland disorders.
Lemon (nimbu): In
ancient times, lemon was regarded as a miracle fruit. It was used as.an
effective remedy for diarrhea, dysentery, jaundice, flatulence,
indigestion, dyspepsia, cirrhosis of liver, diabetes, dropsy, and
intestinal troubles. It was also used as a cure in eye troubles and
kidney disorders.
Plantain (kela): In medieval
times, green plantain flower (mocha) juice was treated an effective
remedy for menorrhagia. Boiled green plantain was regarded as an
effective remedy in diarrhea and dysentery.
Liquorice (jastimadhu): In ancient times, liquorice with honey and ginger was used as a powerful remedy in fevers, bronchitis, cough and cold.
Tamarind (imli):
In medieval times, ripe tamarind pulp was used as a remedy for loss of
memory, bilious vomiting, loss of appetite and travel sickness.
Papaya:
In ancient times, ripe papaya was used as an effective remedy for all
sorts of stomach troubles. Green papaya was used as a vegetable in
diarrhoea and dysentery.
Marmelos: In ancient
times, ripe marmelos was used as a cure for diarrhea and dysentery. A
few slices of marmalade of marmelos will be very useful in diarrhea and
dysentery.
